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THE INDIA RUBBER WORLD 



[August 1, 1912. 



News of the American Rubber Trade. 



HEPTTBLIC HTTBBER CO. 



THE directors of The Republic Rubber Co., Youngstown, 

 Ohio, have authorized the calling of a stockholders' meet- 

 ing to be held early in August for the purpose of increas- 

 ing the authorized capital of the company from four millions to 

 ten millions. The capital will consist, after the increase, of six 

 million common and four million preferred stock. 



No definite announcement has been made as to amoutit of the 

 additional capital to be issued this year. It is understood, how- 

 ever, that the steady growth of the company's business will re- 

 quire new capital before another season. 



The directors have also authorized the construction of a large 

 modern reclaiming plant, which, with the completion of the five- 

 story building now under construction, will give considerably 

 greater capacitj'. 



It has been reported that there will be a common stock divi- 

 dend of some size after the increase of capital has been pro- 

 vided, but when interviewed. President Thomas L. Robinson 

 stated that there had been no definite action taken in regard to 

 the stock dividend. 



STEIN vs. STEIN. 



The Stein Laplock Tire Co., a Mew York corporation, has 

 brought suit against the Stein Rubber and Tire Co., also of New 

 York, for $10,000 damages, charging unfair competition and the 

 unauthorized use of the name "Stein" and also asking for a 

 permanent injunction restraining the latter company from using 

 the name "Stein" in connection with rubber tires. 



The Stein Laplock Tire Co. has been doing business since 

 February, 1910, located on upper Broadway, New York City. 

 The Stein Rubber and Tire Co. was formed in October, 1911, and 

 is located in the vicinity of the other concern. 



THE HARTFORD CO. TO INCREASE ITS PLANT. 



The Hartford Rubber Works Co., Hartford, Connecticut, has 

 started on some e.Ktensive alterations, which probably will re- 

 quire seven or eight months for their completion. It is in- 

 stalling a new boiler plant that will more than double the boiler 

 capacity of the works. A new building, 50 by 100 feet, will be 

 erected for this purpose, to be made of reinforced concrete. 

 In addition an automatic carrying system will be put in the 



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Hartford Rubber Works Co. 



THE "B & R" PLANT RUNS DAY AND NIGHT. 



The B & R Rubber Co., North Brookfield, Massachusetts, re- 

 ports sales for the first six months of the current year as 50 

 per cent, in advance of the same period a year ago. Notwith- 

 standing the fact that new equipment costing $80,000 has been 

 installed in the factory during the last six months, the company 

 is hardly able to keep up with its orders, even though running 

 on a night-and-day ticket. It opened a new department some 

 little time ago for the manufacture of jar rings, and this busi- 

 ness has grown so rapidly that the company has found itself 

 compelled to refuse quite a number of contracts, as it did not 

 see any way by which these contracts could be filled on time. 

 Another recent department, which is also kept running on full 

 time, is devoted to the manufacture of short-length hose for 

 automobile radiators. 



A new building has recently been completed to be used ex- 

 clusively for compounding. This work was previously done in 

 the main manufacturing building, but was crowded out by the 

 growth of other departments. The stock department and ship- 

 ping room have also been crowded out from the main build- 

 ing and are now being accommodated in the building expressly 

 equipped for that work. 



factory that will obviate all coal-carrying by hand, as the coal 

 will be conveyed directly to the boilers by the new mechanism. 

 Certain "welfare" features are also being installed in the build- 

 ing in the way of shower baths and other conveniences for the 

 employes. 



A new smokestack, to be 200 feet high, will be another of 

 the immediate improvements. It is expected that later a gen- 

 eral building for manufacturing purposes will also be added. 

 The accompanying cut shows the plant as it stands today, be- 

 fore starting on the additions mentioned above. 



THE NEW UNITED STATES TIRE CO. 



The new tire factory of the United States Rubber Co., alluded 

 to in President Colt's last annual report, and further referred to 

 from time to time by ofiicers of that company, and of the United 

 States Tire Co., is to be, according to an official statement, the 

 largest tire factory in e-xistence, with a capacity of 5,000 tires a 

 day. The location of this new factory has not yet been announced, 

 although there is a report that it will probably be in the vicinity 

 of Chicago. 



Should be on every rubber man's desk — The Rubber Trade 

 Directory of The World, 1912. 



